This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking an Air Vehicle Performance and Sizing Engineer OR a Principal Air Vehicle Performance and Sizing Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Redondo Beach CA.
The candidate will perform Air Vehicle Performance and Sizing analysis within a Flight Sciences team, working with related disciplines including Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Mass Properties, Configuration, and others. Tasks include:
Conduct preliminary design synthesis and analysis of advanced manned and unmanned air vehicles demonstrating technical expertise and knowledge of other related disciplines
Tasks include takeoff/landing, mission and point performance characteristics of candidate aircraft designs as well as design synthesis and optimization of vehicles to meet operational requirements
Conduct vehicle sizing and performance trade studies to define and evaluate advanced concepts, identify technology requirements, perform parametric trade studies and provide design guidance to the other team disciplines.
Conduct competitive vehicle performance assessments of current U.S. and foreign inventory designs may also be required, as well as flight test data analysis and correlations to performance models.
Develop technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems in an imaginative, thorough, and practicable manner while also documenting and present results.
Interact and brief external customers, as well as serve as a technical lead.
Support vehicle performance and sizing analysis for vehicle programs from government organizations such as Air Force, Navy, NASA, DARPA and others.
Provide analysis, guide design teams to execute program goals, support proposal and business development activities.
Air Vehicle Performance and Sizing Engineer
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 2 years’ experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM.
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (that has a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or is under continuous evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access
Must be versatile, applying technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems in an imaginative, thorough, and practicable manner.
Understanding of aircraft performance analysis with general knowledge of related disciplines.
Understanding of conceptual air vehicle sizing analysis
2+ years of experience with one or more of the following: Python, Matlab, C++, Fortran, Linux
Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of fundamental aircraft design, aerodynamic and propulsion parameters
Must be versatile, applying technical solutions to a wide range of problems in an imaginative, thorough, and practicable manner.
Experience with aircraft carrier suitability analysis, including but not limited to launch & recovery, bolter, waveoff, and nose wheel lift off
Experience assessing mission performance, turn performance, kinematic maneuvering, takeoff and landing. Experience in aircraft sizing
Familiarity with MIL-STD-3013B
Experience with multi-disciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO)
Experience modeling VTOL (Vertical Takeoff Landing) vehicle configurations
Experience with generation of carpet plots and implementing numerical methods
Familiarity developing python packages and working in a Linux terminal.
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Air vehicle or performance/sizing lead experience
Principal Air Vehicle Performance and Sizing Engineer
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with a minimum of 5 years’ experience, or a Master’s degree in a STEM with 3 years of experience
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance or higher (that has a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or is under continuous evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access
Must be versatile, applying technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems in an imaginative, thorough, and practicable manner.
Complete understanding of aircraft performance analysis with general knowledge of related disciplines. Experience assessing mission performance, turn performance, kinematic maneuvering, takeoff and landing
Complete understanding of conceptual air vehicle sizing analysis
4+ years of experience with one or more of the following: Python, Matlab, C++, Fortran, Linux
Air vehicle or performance/sizing lead experience
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with aircraft carrier suitability analysis, including but not limited to launch & recovery, bolter, waveoff, and nose wheel lift off
Experience applying MIL-STD-3013B rules
Experience with multi-disciplinary design, analysis, and optimization (MDAO)
Experience modeling VTOL (Vertical Takeoff Landing) vehicle configurations
Experience with generation of carpet plots and implementing numerical methods
Experience developing python packages and working in a Linux terminal.
Experience with Force and Moment Accounting system
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